”Kiss the Frog” (Kys Frøen) activity centre is located only 400 metres from this shelter and there are plenty of opportunities especially for families to have a lot of fun together. You can make your own fishing rods, try “team building with a smile” or go on a bug hunt on land or in the ponds and stream. Or how about borrowing the necessary utensils to make pancakes on the fire or produce a batch of ‘wild’ meatballs containing some of the local wild plants. Read more at www.trente.dk

Østrupgaard is this shelter’s closest neighbour. Østrupgaard’s home farm consists of a number of half-timbered buildings, among them a huge barn, and together they form one of the biggest thatched-roof complexes in Europe with just under 6,000 square metres of thatched roof. Together with the main stone building from 1500 which is situated on a steep mound, this is one of the best preserved manor houses and home farms in Denmark and definitely worth a visit. The place is privately owned and not open to visitors, but there’s plenty to see of both buildings and surrounding area from the public road that goes right past the magnificent barn. One can almost imagine villeins (bonded tenant farmers) walking along the road on their way to farm their lord’s land.

Trebjerg  A quick little trip to the third highest point in Funen – 128 metres above the sea – is warmly recommended because this is simply the best possible view out towards the Southwest Funen Archipelago. Helnæs Bay is at your feet and in good weather you can see all the way to Als and Jutland.  In his book ”Guide til Danmarks bjerge” (Guide to the Mountains of Denmark), the Norwegian author Roger Pihl praises this as one of the most magnificent views he found when climbing Denmark’s 100 highest ‘mountains’.